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RSSÁlex Rodriguez - Determined to break some more records
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Alexander Emmanuel “Alex” Rodriguez, popularly known as A-Rod by fans, has recently became the seventh and the youngest baseball player to attain the feat of 600 career home runs. Presently a part of the New York Yankees, Álex Rodriguez made his debut on July 8, 1994 for the Seattle Mariners. Ever since the, there has been no looking back for the game of baseball, A-Rod, and fans.
The favorite team of Rodriguez was the New York Mets and his favorite players when he was growing up were Keith Hernandez, Cal Ripken, and Dale Murphy. With a batting average of .303, Rodriguez is today right there at the top and is expected to beat Barry Bonds‘ all time record of 762 home runs.
However things were not going to be smooth for this American Major League Baseball third baseman of Dominican parentage as he was accused of using performance enhancing drugs in February 2009. The star player refuted all allegations initially but later admitted to using steroids from 2001 to 2003 during a 2007 interview with Katie Couric on 60 Minutes. The personal front was not any better - Rodriguez and his wife separated in 2008 and these were the times when he was linked with pop singer Madonna.
Today, Álex Rodriguez seems calm and composed much to the delight of his fans and he is all destined to break some more records on the baseball field. While some former players and fans have stopped talking about A-Rod, the record books haven’t taken care of his past association with anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs.
